Temple for



G H. DAY.

TEMPLE ron SPECTACLES. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 24, 19| 9.

I 1,335,823, v Patented Apr. 6, 1920.

ATTORNEY GEORGE E. DAY, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

TEMPLE FOB SPECTACLEB.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 6, 1920.

' Application filed September 24, 1919. Serial No. 825,871.

To all whom it mag concern:

Be it known that I, Gnonon H. DAY, of Rochester in the county of Monroe and State of llew York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Temples for Speotaclesyand' .do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descri tion of the same, reference being bad to t enccompanying drawing, formin a part of this specification, and to the re erence-numerala marked thereon.

My present invention relates to optics and more particularly to eyeglasses and spectaolcs. and it has 1? 1' its object to improve the ear engaging portions or temples of spectacles in such manner as to render them more comfortable to the wearer and better adapted to maintain their adiustment so that the spectacle framesare he (1 in a comfortable and proper position on the nose. To these and other ends the invention resides in certain im rovements and combinations of partsal as will be hereinafter more fully described, the novel features betiona view partly bro (en away, of the stock from which both forms of temples aremadebefore they are shaped, and

Figs. 5, 6, and 7 are, respectively, similar sectional views each. showing a modification of the structnri Similar reference numerals throughout the several views indicate the same parts.

I ,will first describe the specific construction of my improved temple as it is very simple, and then explain its theor and the reasons for its novel features. eferring first to the embodiment shown in Fig. 1, the temple comprises a side bar 1 the bod of which may be of the usual strength an design and provided at its forward end with the usual. single pivot knuckle 2 for hinged attachment to the spectacle frame carrying the lenses but whicn. it is not necessary to illustrate herein. At its rear end the bar merges into an ear engaging hook indicated generally at 3. The Interior formation of this hook is shown in Fig. 4. At the point where the hook begins the side bar 1 is pro vided with a shoulder 4 and a reduced portion 5 extending throu b about half or a little more of t e loo 1; of the hook. At the end of the reduce portion 5 is another shoulder 6 beyond which the bar is further reduced at 7 all the way to its extremity. These reduced portions of the bar constitute a stiffening core for the hook the exterior or body and contacting surface of which is constituted by a tubular member 8 formed by a tight helical windin of wire of suitable diameter that exten s from the first shoulder 4 continuously to the end of the smaller terminal reduced ortions 7 of the side bar. This wire win ing may be constituted of one or any desired number of strands but I prefer to use four strands. The periphery of this tube or helix may be swaged to give it a substantially smoothly cylindrical surface for contact with the car, as shown in Figs. 1, 2and 3, or left in the corrugated form of the natural wire, as shown in the enlarged figures. In the form of the device at present under discussion and shown in Figs. 1 and 4, the lower portion or extremity-9 of the hook is thus originally of smaller diameter than the upper portion or body 10, though both are preferably of uniform indivldual diameter as shown in Fig. 4. I prefer, however, to finally swage the portion 10 of Fig. 4 to a greater extent than the portion 9 so that both are brought to the same diameter as "shown in Fig. 1.

a When thetemple is in use still referring to Figs. 1 and 4) a portion of the hook rests on top of the car; a ortion B thereof at the b ck of the ear, an the end portion 0 benefilh the car so that the weight or downward pressure is borne by the first,

forward strains are resisted by the second and upward tilting or disengagement is prevented by the third contact. It is ous-' tomary to make temples of this kind of uniform weight, diameter and resiliency throughout the extent of the hook and often throughout the extent of both the side bar and hook. .With such construction, undue and uncomfortable pressure is apt to be exerted upon the nose of the wearer where the bridge of the lens frame rests, either by too eat a curvature and reassure due to a s Hort forward. length uStment at, B or; too great curvature and pressurefithe under contact point C which, aside from being locally uncomfortable or even painful, increases the'pressure at A also and further has a tendency to how the side bar 1 downwardly approximately at thegpomt B, re sulting in altering the ad]ustn ient or set oi the spectacle as well as creating a permanent tension. With my im roved construction, on the'other hand t e ear engaging hook 3 is relatively stiil and rigid or mflexible from the point A to the EOlIlhB and, in fact, from the point D to t e point B as these points go into engagement or out of engagement with the ear by a simple up or own motion. The portion 9, however, carrying the point must be flexed to permit 11; to assume its position beneath the earand with my constructiomthis terminal portion 9 is much more flexible and uniformly flexible and more resilient than the rest of the hook so that it is readily flexed to take position beneath the ear. en in position,

' it exerts enough upward pressure at the oint O to prevent the temple hook from 'fting but at the time tune, t is a i ery delicate, soft and agreeable pressure an does not impose any undue strain on the other parts at .an other point. '-Besides this, it has a ten ency to conformnto the irregularities of the ear and distributes its pressure rather than imposing a local harshcontaot at any one'point.

In the type of temple shown in Fig. 2, the same page and much the same functions are produ except that the extremity 9, instead of proceeding downwardly and forwardly to provide thecontactrC beneath the ear, proceeds downwardly and rearwardly with the compound curvature shown in Fig. 3, reducing an additional inward oend permitting the said ortion to con form to the curvature of t e head of the wearer and take its grip against the same instead of beneath the ear.

Figs. {and 6 show modified ways of obtaining be increased resiliency of the portion 9. In the construction of Fig. 5, the reduced portion 7 of the guide bar 1 that furnishes the stifienin core for the lower portion or extremity o the hook, is omitted and the wire helix 10 alone-relied upon to give the proper tension. 1

In the construction shown in Fig. 6, the reduced portion 7, is of even smaller diameter and is first wrapped with a finer wire helix llupon which thehelix 10 is so erposed. This reduces a ve smoothly exible construe on. In the ,evices of both Figs, 5-. and 6, the portion 9 of the hook is 0 ct the' samefd'ameter as the body thereof before, and; afteri'swaging while the shoulder 4 is omitted in Fig. 6, so that the rtion 5 is not reduced but a strai ht continuation of the side bar 1 to whic the front end 66 of the wire wrapping is s ldered.

Fig. 7 shows a construction including the elements of Fig. 6, with additions. The shoulder 4 is formed on an enlargement. 12 of the side bar 1 so that the wrapped wire is of the same diameter as the bar at this oint and the smaller body portion of the atter Iner es gradually into an increased diameter esircd for the increase in the bearin surface of: the ear engaging hook. The wire wrapping 8 includes an additional outer winding and these windings and the portion 5 are formed separately and soldered to the butt of the enlargement 12.

It will be observed that in all of the forms the increased resiliency occurs at theshoulder 6 of the reduoedportion 7 or at a cor responding point in the neighborhood of or inst below the point B claim as m' invention: 1. A spectac etemple comprisin a side bar and an ear engaging hook em odying a portion adapted to rest on top of the car, a portion ada )ted to engage behind the ear and a curve portion proceeding downwardly from the latter and of greater re siliency than either of the first mentioned portions so that it will have a tendency to end at its point of connection with the portion to which it is directly attached.

2. A spectacle temple comprisin a side bar and an ear engaging hook em; dying a portion adapted to rest on to of the. ear, a portion adapted to on age behind the ear, and a curved portion 0 uniform resiliency proceeding downwardly from the latter, said curved portion being of greater resil" iency than either of the first mentioned portions. a

3. A spectacle temple comprisin a side bar and an ear engaging hook em odying a portion adapt d to rest on to of the ear, a portion ada ted to engage be ind the ear and a curve portion proceeding downwardly from said last mentioned portion,

the resiliency of sa d ear engaging hook bee ing abru tly increased at the connecting point of t e said curved portion.

4. A spectacle temple compris' a side bar and an ear engaging hook em od ng a portion adapted to rest on. the top 0 the car, a portion adapted to engage behind the ear and a curved rtion proceeding downwardly from said ast mentioned portion, the first two mentioned portions being provided with a stiilenin core and the said curved portion being 0 greater relative resiliency.

5. A spectacle temple comprisin bar and an ear engaging a portion adapted to rest ear, a ortion adapted ear an a side hook em od 'ng on the to o the to engage be ind the a curved (portion proceeding downwardly from sai last mentioned portion, the first two mentioned portions being provided with a stiffening core and the said curved portion being provided with a. stiff-- enin core of greater resiliency and constitute by a reduced extension of the first men tioned core.

6. A spectacle temple comprising a side bar and an ear engaging hook embodying a. portion adapted to rest on to of the ear, 0, portion adapted to engage be ind the ear -and a curved portion proceeding downwardiy from said last mentioned portion, 10

the ear engaging hook being composed of a core piece covered with a. helical wrap ping of Wire and of reduced diameter where forming the said curved portion of the hook to give such curved portion greater resil- 15 ieney than the other portions.

GEORGE H. DAY. 

